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Reply to property to be used as childcare

by Radekal

Thank you all for your feedback and advise, we have already written to our tenants and they seem to understand our point of view.
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13-07-2020, 03:33 AM
property to be used as childcare

by Radekal

Hello, we are landlords of a terraced house with a garden. Recently our tenants requested our permission to utilise the ground floor room as child care and run it as a small business.
I would be grateful for any information and potential issues for us as landlords. We still pay mortgage and our
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09-07-2020, 05:41 AM
Reply to Inventory Completion signing

by mariner

Not all 'Consumer Units' have trip switches, but fuse box, which cannot be checked unless a fuse 'blows. ' Only Consumer Units with trip switches are termed Residual Current Device (RCD) AFAIK
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13-07-2020, 02:16 AM
Inventory Completion signing

by Mike777

Hi all

Do people recommend having their inventory 'witnessed' in terms of Landlord and tenant both signing

Thank you for your time

Regards

Mike
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08-07-2020, 11:03 AM
Reply to General help and advice required regarding a house purcase to let to a family member

by MdeB

Almost anything given is subject to inheritance tax if giver dies within 7 years.
Look at HMRC web site for details....
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12-07-2020, 22:50 PM
General help and advice required regarding a house purcase to let to a family member

by Gizmo101

Hi there,

I have no knowledge of the rental market or buying a second house, so any advice on the following situation is much appreciated. My mother is selling her house for 150k. My brother currently lives there (no one else) and doesn't pay rent (there is no mortgage) and he just pays...
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13-06-2020, 21:34 PM
Reply to How to get tenant to give notice of intention to stay or leave after fixed term ?

by Lawcruncher

I agree that "having a clause elsewhere" is not to be recommended. Doing it leads me to wonder what else is amiss in the agreement and who drafted it,...
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12-07-2020, 21:57 PM
How to get tenant to give notice of intention to stay or leave after fixed term ?

by aciduzzo

I understand that legally tenants don't need to tell their landlord that they intend to leave after the fixed term. But i'm trying to figure out how best to get around this (as i really want to avoid the uncertainty). I could :
- put in a clause (arguably not enforceable) requiring the tenant...
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01-07-2020, 15:40 PM
Reply to How to get tenant to give notice of intention to stay or leave after fixed term ?

by MdeB

I have put it to the NLA, a couple of years ago, that stating a fixed term up front and then having a clause elsewhere that tries to make it a contractual periodic tenancy is misleading and probably breaches consumer law. Someone even phoned me and we talked for some time about it, but nothing changed....
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12-07-2020, 21:44 PM
Reply to Inventory Completion signing

by MdeB

Consumer units in my properties have a manufacturer's sticker saying "test monthly".
I believe it sends some current to earth so that the breaker should trip....
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12-07-2020, 21:21 PM

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